Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2000/01332
Evaluating influence of relatively rapid extension on continental margin formation; geophysical observations of the conjugate Seychelles-India margins
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JS Collier, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T Minshull, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor R Whitmarsh, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Kendall, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering
- Science Area:
- None
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Volcanic Processes
- Tectonic Processes
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Mantle & Core Processes
- Abstract:
- Numerical models that try to explain magmatism and tectonism of rifted continental margins have been heavily influenced by margins where the initial seafloor spreading rate was slow (greater than 25 mm/yr half rate). Such models have been devised largely to match observations from just a single margin and not from both sides of a conjugate pair of margins. We shall collect and analyse a comprehensive set of normal incidence and wide-angle seismic profiles to determine the deep structure and rift architecture of a conjugate pair of margins where initial spreading was fast (greater than 50 mm/yr). The results will be compared to numerical models to validate the models and improve our understanding of continental rifting and breakup.
- Period of Award:
- 15 Nov 2001 - 14 Nov 2005
- Value:
- £143,222 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2000/01332
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £143,222
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| £10,639 | £119,055 | £9,740 | £3,788 |
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